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--Language Arts
--Literature
--Dance, Music
--Visual Arts
Mathematics
--Applied Math
Science
--Physical Science
----Earth Science
----Environmental
Social Studies
--Current Events
--Geography
--Regions/Cultures
Grades
Grades 2-up
News Content
Rising sea levels have led to a plan to buy land where residents might someday recreate their country.
Anticipation Guide
Write the word Maldives on the board or a sheet of chart paper. Explain that the Maldives (pronounced MALL-deevz) is a nation made up of many islands in the Indian Ocean. Ask students to identify (or point out to them) the location of the Indian Ocean and the Maldives. Point out the nearest neighbors too -- India and the island nation of Sri Lanka. Write India and Sri Lanka next to Maldives because students will encounter those three country names in their reading.
News Words
Next, introduce these words that appear in the News Word Box on the students printable page: global, sea level, location, century, similar, and tourism. Discuss the meanings of any of those words that might be unfamiliar. Then ask students to use one of those words to complete each of these sentences:
Read the News
Click for a printable version of this weeks news story Island Nation May Need to Move to New Home.
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More Facts to Share
You might share these additional facts with students after they have read this weeks news story.
Comprehension Check
Recalling Detail
Think About the News
Discuss the Think About the News questions that appear on the students news page.
Follow-Up Activities
Geography Asia map. Have students use atlases and other library or online resources to label the country names on this outline map of Central and Southwest Asia. Point out that the Maldives are those light dashes alongside the maps Scale of Miles. Use this map as an answer key for this activity.
Math read a chart. Share with students the information on this chart that shows the worlds top 10 tourist destinations. Then invite students to use the information on the chart to answer the questions below it.
Country Number of
Tourists (2006)1. France 79 million 2. Spain 58 million 3. United States 51 million 4. China 50 million 5. Italy 41 million 6. United Kingdom 31 million 7. Germany 24 million 8. Mexico 21 million 9. Austria 20 million 10. Russian Federation 20 million
Literature folktales of Asia. The Panchatantra is a legendary collection of short stories from India. Originally composed in the 2nd century B.C, the purpose of the stories was to instill moral values and governing skills in the young sons of the king. Share with students one such tale, The Foolish Lion and the Clever Rabbit, which teaches a valuable lesson. Then arrange students into groups of nine. Print out the tale and give each student a paragraph to illustrate. Combine illustrations to create a bulletin board or book. Alternate plan: share several Panchatantra tales and have smaller groups illustrate multiple paragraphs of the tales. Set the tone by playing music of India while the students work. Your school or local library might have a CD of songs or you might us one of these online sources of Indian music midi files: Source 1, Source 2, Source 3
Assessment
Use the Comprehension Check (above) as an assessment. Or have students work on their own (in their journals) or in their small groups to respond to the Think About the News questions on the news story page.
Lesson Plan Source
Education WorldNational Standards
FINE ARTS: Music
GRADES K - 4
NA-M.K-4.9 Understanding Music in Relation to History and Culture
GRADES 5 - 8
NA-M.5-8.9 Understanding Music in Relation to History and Culture
GRADES 9 - 12
NA-M.9-12.9 Understanding Music in Relation to History and Culture
FINE ARTS: Visual Arts
GRADES K - 4
NA-VA.K-4.1 Understanding and Applying Media, Techniques, and Processes
NA-VA.K-4.3 Choosing and Evaluating A Range of Subject Matter, Symbols, and Ideas
NA-VA.K-4.4 Understanding the Visual Arts In Relation to History and Cultures
NA-VA.K-4.6 Making Connections Between Visual Arts and Other Disciplines
GRADES 5 - 8
NA-VA.5-8.1 Understanding and Applying Media, Techniques, and Processes
NA-VA.5-8.3 Choosing and Evaluating A Range of Subject Matter, Symbols, and Ideas
NA-VA.5-8.4 Understanding the Visual Arts In Relation to History and Cultures
NA-VA.5-8.6 Making Connections Between Visual Arts and Other Disciplines
GRADES 9 - 12
NA-VA.9-12.1 Understanding and Applying Media, Techniques, and Processes
NA-VA.9-12.3 Choosing and Evaluating A Range of Subject Matter, Symbols, and Ideas
NA-VA.9-12.4 Understanding the Visual Arts In Relation to History and Cultures
NA-VA.9-12.6 Making Connections Between Visual Arts and Other Disciplines
LANGUAGE ARTS: English
GRADES K - 12
NL-ENG.K-12.2 Reading for Understanding
NL-ENG.K-12.3 Evaluation Strategies
NL-ENG.K-12.9 Multicultural Understanding
NL-ENG.K-12.12 Applying Language Skills
MATHEMATICS: Representation
GRADES Pre-K - 12
NM-REP.PK-12.3 Use Representations to Model and Interpret Physical, Social, and Mathematical Phenomena
SOCIAL SCIENCES: Geography
GRADES K - 12
NSS-G.K-12.1 The World in Spatial Terms
NSS-G.K-12.2 Places and Regions
NSS-G.K-12.5 Environment and Society
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Article by Ellen Delisio and Gary Hopkins
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04/08/2009